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Aldi
Farm supplies Burgess stood on this location for many years next to the old Smithfield cattle market. German discount supermarket Adli moved to the site in the 1990’s.   During the redevelopment of the area in 2009 for the...
Adams
Childrenswear chain Adams went into administration in 2008 / 2009. The store closed and the location was taken up by Infusion and then Past Times. You can see from the photo Costa coffee had added it’s outside area.
Past Times
Once the site of the childrenswear chain Adams. Past Times was retailer, specialising in gifts, as well as retro goods. The company went into administration in January 2012.
Woolworths
Famous for its pick-n-mix Woolworths stores faded from the high street in December 2008.
Christophers Ltd - Bakers Lane Shopping Precinct
Long before Jessops, Christophers was the main photography shop in Lichfield a place to pick a bargin. Once the redevelopment started in the 1990s they relocated to a smaller shop on St Johns Street.
Monument to James Boswell
Boswell is represented with his sword by his side, notebook under his arm, and walking stick held behind his back.The face of Boswell is taken from a portrait by Sir Joshua Reynolds, and his figure and costume from Langton’s sketch of...
James Boswell (29 Oct 1740 - 19 May 1795)
James Boswell was a Scottish biographer and diarist, born in Edinburgh. He is best known for the biography he wrote of one of his contemporaries, the English literary figure Samuel Johnson, which the modern Johnsonian critic Harold Bloom...